‘Waves and waves of rain’ bring record to DFW

Police and firefighters scrambled to block streets under water and help motorists stranded in flooded roads Thursday night as heavy rain fell and 2015 became the wettest year on record in DFW.

Early Friday, the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office announced on Twitter, “As of 12:14 AM CST DFW airport recorded 53.56 [inches] of rain for the year. This sets our all time record for highest rainfall in a year!”

The previous record of 53.54 was set in 1991.

As of 12:14 AM CST DFW airport recorded 53.56" of rain for the year. This sets our all time record for highest rainfall in a year! #dfwwx

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About 45 minutes later, another record fell — this one for total rainfall for Nov. 27. “NEW RECORD for DFW: Already broke the record rainfall for today (11/27). Previous record was 0.76 [inches] in 1958. So far 0.88 [inches],” the weather service said on Twitter.

Several streets and a service roads were flooded Thursday night, and additional flooding calls were being reported throughout Fort Worth. Some areas flooded included Camp Bowie Boulevard/Fairfield Avenue, Northeast 28th Street at Decatur Avenue, West Freeway at Altamere Drive, Bryant Irvin Road at Oakmont Boulevard and the 3000 block of South Hulen Street near Central Market.